The Hongmeng Controller

"Do you want to know where I came from?"

Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao all froze when they heard Ye Changqing say this.

Generally speaking, the renowned titles of the powerful figures in the Primordial World were related to their origins.

For example, Ancestor Hong Yun had been the first cloud of red mist between heaven and earth to take human form.

And then there was Demon Master Kunpeng, whose true form was a Kunpeng.

As for the three of them, San Xiao, they had taken form from three wisps of innate cloud energy.

Senior Disciple Brother had such an astonishing gift. He must have been some extraordinary being, right?

The three of them were secretly delighted. This hidden truth was probably known only to their master, Sect Master Tongtian, throughout the entire Interception Sect.

Since Senior Disciple Brother was willing to tell them, it meant he didn't regard them as outsiders.

And if he didn't regard them as outsiders, then he must regard them as his own.

Ye Changqing sighed. The Great Dao's curse upon him was far too severe. His True Spirit was slowly dissipating, and within a hundred years, his soul would be completely destroyed.

Now that he had obtained the Hongmeng Wish System, he might as well give it a try: create a mysterious past for himself and arrange a suitably grand funeral.

Looking at the light shimmering in the three fairies' beautiful eyes, he was sure they would believe anything he said.

As long as they believed him, everything would come true after his death.

That was different from lying, so he felt entirely at ease.

"Ahem!"

"Have you three junior sisters ever heard of Hongmeng?"

He smiled as he asked San Xiao.

Hongmeng?

San Xiao all froze, then their faces filled with shock.

There were very few records of Hongmeng in the Primordial World. Even though they had lived for countless years, they had only heard a few scattered details.

Hongmeng was a state that existed long before Chaos. Even Pangu, the first Chaos Demon God to be born from Chaos, had never seen it.

When Dao Ancestor Hongjun preached at the Purple Cloud Palace, he bestowed seven strands of Primordial Purple Qi, saying they were the foundation for becoming Saints.

Ancestor Hong Yun, the kindest man in the Primordial World, had lost his life because of Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Legend had it that the Hongmeng Purple Qi capable of making one a Saint was nothing more than ordinary spiritual energy in the Primordial World.

If a single strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi could make someone a Saint, how powerful must a world filled with it be?

Hiss!

San Xiao drew in a sharp breath. They couldn't even begin to imagine it.

Could Senior Disciple Brother really have come from Hongmeng?

Once the thought occurred to them, they couldn't suppress it.

It explained everything!

No wonder Senior Disciple Brother was so extraordinarily gifted. In just tens of thousands of years, he had achieved the Primordial Unity.

When they looked at Ye Changqing again, their eyes held not only admiration and shock, but also a little more curiosity.

They wondered what kind of place the Hongmeng World was, and why Senior Disciple Brother had come to the Primordial World.

Looking at the three fairies, who were as curious as children, Ye Changqing was quite pleased.

He affected a profound air and gazed into the heavens, as though lost in some distant memory.

After a long while, he came back to himself and sighed, his eyes full of nostalgia.

"Hongmeng... It was a world far more wondrous than the Primordial World."

"It had endured countless eras. Who knew how many peerless geniuses had appeared there..."

"Every one of them was several times stronger than the Three Thousand Demon Gods of Chaos, and could rival Great God Pangu!"

"No—perhaps even Great God Pangu would have ranked among the weakest of them."

After hearing Ye Changqing's description, San Xiao felt that their imaginations simply weren't up to the task.

Every one of the Three Thousand Demon Gods of Chaos had reached the Primordial Unity Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and each was comparable to a Heavenly Dao Saint in the Primordial World today.

Great God Pangu had stood above them all. When he split the heavens and earth, he had slain all three thousand Chaos Demon Gods by himself.

A being who had slain three thousand Saints could rank at the very bottom...

Just how terrifying was the most powerful being in the Hongmeng World?

"Senior Disciple Brother, what was your status in the Hongmeng World?"

Bixiao, having recovered, hurriedly asked.

Yunxiao and Qiongxiao also perked up their ears and took a deep breath, bracing themselves.

"Me?"

"I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me even if I told you..."

Ye Changqing shook his head and said with a wry smile.

His coy words only made San Xiao even more certain of their suspicions.

Senior Disciple Brother had an incredible background!

"We believe you!"

San Xiao answered in unison, not a trace of doubt in their eyes.

Ye Changqing was deeply moved. He spoke slowly. "The Hongmeng World was countless times larger than Chaos. Even Saints couldn't explore its bounds."

"Countless, countless races lived in that world. They were all known as the Hongmeng Divine Race."

"Countless beings bowed down before me, and countless geniuses submitted to me. I was the deity they worshipped!"

"They called me the Hongmeng Controller!"

Even though they had braced themselves, Ye Changqing's grand title startled them so badly that they jumped.

The Hongmeng Controller?

A deity worshipped by beings like Great God Pangu?

San Xiao stood there, rooted to the spot, their Primordial Spirits scared right out of their bodies.

Could a few words really scare San Xiao into losing control of their Primordial Spirits? Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun couldn't do that, could he?

It took half a day for San Xiao to slowly recover from their shock.

"So Senior Disciple Brother was the Dao Ancestor of the Hongmeng World?"

Bixiao ventured.

"Not at all!"

"Dao Ancestor Hongjun today is nothing more than a puppet of the Heavenly Dao!"

"He's not worthy of the title of Controller!"

Ye Changqing shook his head and refuted her.

"A true Controller stands above all the myriad worlds and makes all the rules."

"If Great God Pangu had transcended the Great Dao back then, he might have counted as the Controller of the Primordial World."

"Unfortunately, he failed..."

Ye Changqing knew they couldn't imagine it, so he could only use Great God Pangu, someone they knew, as an example.

"Then why did Senior Disciple Brother end up... no, appear in the Primordial World?"

The meticulous Yunxiao's question hit the nail on the head.

If Ye Changqing really was as powerful as he claimed, how could he have ended up in his current state?

"Only when one world is destroyed can the next be born."

"The Hongmeng World endured countless eras, but in the end, its destruction came..."

"A terrifying force of annihilation brought everything to an end. Countless living beings vanished in an instant."

"I sent the surviving beings into the River of Time, then faced the world-ending heavenly punishment alone..."

Ye Changqing paused before sighing again. "When I awoke, I had already been reborn in the Primordial World."

Only then did San Xiao understand. So that was what had happened!

Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your tale of the Hongmeng Controller's mysterious past has been established. It will come true after your death!

Reward: 3 strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi, Innate Spiritual Treasure: Water Spirit Pearl.

Ye Changqing breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed San Xiao had completely believed him.

The system's reward wasn't bad, but he was on the brink of death, so these things were of no use to him.